A swarm of Locusts

A desert locust swarm can be 460 square miles (1,200 square kilometers) in size and pack between 40 and 80 million locusts into less than half a square mile (one square kilometer)..

What a locust swarm can leave behind.

A plague of locusts is a devastating natural disaster. These infestations have been feared and revered throughout history. Unfortunately, they still wreak havoc today.

A locust is related to the grasshoper

An can be solitary. Problems occur when it enters it's 'gregarious phase'. It is then that

locusts can congregate into swarms.As they fly they syncronize their wing beets to reduce turbulence.

Killer Bees invade football match

In 1995 a football match was halted due to an invasion of killer Bees. One of the reasons bees swarm is when the hive becomes overcrowded. It seems that they were looking for a new home.

Geese preparing to migrate

In 2013 a suspected killer bee swarm estimated to be 30,000 strong attacked a Texas couple and their horses, stinging the woman 200 times and covering the horses with so many stings that they would later succumb to the venom.

A hive of Bees

The relatively complex behaviour and comunication of Bees makes a hive a very effective corporate group. They are nescessary to our environment and we depend upon them in many ways.